2-2 Admin Mode
When Remote Console Mode is set to Admin Mode, the ATI video controller first generates the boot console
during Power-on Self Test (POST), and then generates the Windows desktop (see Table 2-1 and Figure 2-3). In
this mode, the NVIDIA graphics adapter is not visible to Windows, and is not used.
Table 2-1
Use of the video controllers in Admin Mode
ATI video controller
NVIDIA graphics adapter
Figure 2-3
Admin Mode
Windows desktop
Boot console
video
USB x 2
serial
In Admin Mode, the boot console and the Windows desktop generated by the ATI video controller can be
viewed in two ways:
Using a monitor connected to the Local I/O Connector video signal
•
Using the iLO 2 Remote Console by pointing your browser to the iLO 2 IP address
•
Usage during POST
Boot console
Not used
NVIDIA Quadro
FX graphics
adapter
Admin Mode
ATI RN50
video controller
(1280 x 1024)
Usage after booting
Windows desktop
Invisible to Windows
NVIDIA graphics
adapter is not visible
to Windows
Dual Broadcom
5708 Ethernet
controllers
iLO 2
management
processor
First the boot console
and then the Windows
desktop are generated
by the ATI video
controller
Blade workstation video subsystem 17
NIC 1
NIC 2
iLO 2
Windows desktop
Boot console